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Dec 11, 2016

We are in the midst of the newest Tempting Tangles Mystery SAL on Facebook
called ‘Freedom’. This design is unrelated wherever you live and
not tied to any country or land, whatsoever. It is totally
non-denominational. It is just about PEOPLE.

It uses 12 colors of DMC and can be worked over 1 or 2 threads
or Aida.

** FREEDOM' t began Friday, November 25th, 2016.and will run until released Saturday, June 30, 2017. Sections will be issued every 2 weeks.

Just as we are doing on our first
Welcome SAL, this Freedom Mystery SAL is also 124 x 124 stitches, with each
part 31 stitches square. There are 16 parts. The price will again be $5
to join and collect all the parts.

** There will be a special Facebook group for those who
join. Just as we arranged it before, we ask that you please make your $5
payment to me at PayPal.com using my email of temptingtangles@gmail.com.
Be sure you mention it is for the FREEDOM SAL. If you cannot pay on PayPal, you can send check or money order. Please contact me
for instructions on another way to send me that payment.

** Although this SAL is primarily for Facebook members, we will
have a way for non-members to join and we will email you the chart sections as
they are released. **VERY important: When you make your PayPal
payment, please make mention on the payment screen which email address you use
for Facebook and the NAME you use on Facebook so I can easily locate you and
admit you to the new SAL group.

I hope all of you will join us and I know you will definitely
have lots of fun.

--- Deb
in Idaho at Tempting Tangles Designs

Nov 4, 2016

We are
organizing a new Tempting Tangles Mystery SAL on Facebook called ‘Freedom’. This design is unrelated wherever you live and not related to any country or land, whatsoever. It is totally non-denominational. It is just about PEOPLE.

It uses 12 colors of DMC and can be worked over 1 or 2 threads or Aida.

** FREEDOM''It begins Friday, November 25th, 2016.The last part will be released Saturday,
June 30, 2017. As on our ongoing Welcome SAL,
this Freedom Mystery Sal is also 124 x 124 stitches, with each part 31 stitches
square. There are 16 parts. The price
will again be $5 to join and collect all the parts.

** There will be a new Facebook group for those who join. Just as we arranged it before, we ask that you please
make your $5 payment to me at PayPal.com using my email of temptingtangles@gmail.com.
If it cannot pay on PayPal, can send check or money order. Please contact me for
instructions on another way to send me that payment.

** Although this SAL is
primarily for Facebook members, we will have a way for non-members to join and
we will email you the chart sections as they are released. **VERY important: When you make your
PayPal payment, please make mention on the payment screen which email
address you use for Facebook and the NAME you use on Facebook so I can easily
locate you and admit you to the new SAL group.

I hope all of you will join us and I know you will definitely have a lot of fun.

Aug 28, 2016

Aug 23, 2016

Aug 21, 2016

Some of you may have found goodies of mine in the recent 2016
Just Cross Stitch issue. Another pair in my series of ornaments which tell a story. I always prefer to have my work tell a story more than anything else. These are the 2016 versions.

The rooster is in the Halloween ornament magazine and also in the recent
autumn edition, whatever month it was named,m probably October. The names of these little ones are Cock-A-Doodle Boo
and the S'mores Bear-B-Q. Someday, in the far, far, faraway future, you will see this pair in favorite needlework shop.

Aug 11, 2016

"Punkin Play" has all the favorite parts of Halloween. There is a black mama cat, standing on her tiptoes (claws?) looking for her little black kittens with the cutest pink noses I have ever seen. They are hiding in a big, spooky pumpkin. Can she find them??

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At a perfect ornament size, this design in 68 x 63. The model was worked on Weeks Dye Works 35 count Guacamole linen #1193. We used 2 strands of Gloriana silk floss.

In addition, our chart key has a conversion to Dinky Dyes silk as well as DMC cotton. The eyes and noses are Mill Hill glass seed beads #02004 Tea Rose and #02031 Citron.

Your favorite needlework shop can order this chart for you or you can find it on my online Etsy shop here in pdf. Punkin Play at Etsy Shop

Jul 4, 2016

These are in the schedule and will be a lot of fun for you to stitch. Each can be worked over 1 thread – and have a
Quaker feel! I have a set of 4 or so and the inspiration just keeps coming. One is Echoing Evergreens; the other is Bees in Clover.

Jun 4, 2016

One
Skein of Dinky Dyes of variegated floss called Toni’s Texas Tea #188 and you get
a load of pretty colors.This is the
beginning of something interesting.It
reminds me of a field of wild flowers – or perhaps because the name of the
floss involves tea, the recipe might involve cherries, peaches, limes, oranges and
all kinds of fruity delight.I wonder! So this is just a little taste.

May 28, 2016

A lovely friend,
Arlene Harris, also one of my gifted finishers, just sent me a picture of a
finish!

This is a little Cupcake Pincushion which she has made into a
sweet little needlebook. This design is a freebie for members of my Tempting
Tangles stitching group out on Facebook.

Nice work, Arlene! I am so
pleased to see this all done - and such tidy, perfect work. Since it wouldn't be wise to actually take a bite out of this cupcake, I suppose it will have to stay as a pincushion!

May 17, 2016

These a taste of something I've been working on - and maybe you can guess the subject matter. If anyone knows me well, they know I love gardens, plants, animals- natural beauty.

It is mostly in my garden where I find the greatest sense of relaxation. So, I send you just a bit of my garden. If you are on Facebook, I do post pix around this time of year to show the progression of my garden. I hope you can find it and take a look.

This pair of designs, as well as two others set to appear later in the year, were worked over 1 on 25 count Lugana. The result is a set of dainty little pieces, only 4 1/2 inches square each. In a few more days, I will post the rest of the details on my main site.